We all have a box, bin, or pile of stuff left over from old bikes.
Gotta save these long ass stems, I might need one of them someday!
There are other things we need to restock, like tape, oil, zip ties, and stuff like that.
Today we’ll take a look at my parts bin, my supplies, and a few other fun things.
First, let’s look at the stuff that gets used every time I set up a new bike.
In this box I keep my zip ties—lots of different colored zip ties.
These get used mainly for securing cables, and it’s always more fun to have a choice
of colors.
The same goes for electrical tape.
Although I don’t use this as much, it comes in handy on project bikes, and for securing
the bar tape on road bikes.
Also in this box are different colored cable ends, and assorted housing ends.
You can’t have enough of these.
When setting up a new bike I usually take a few stem spacers out, so there are quite
a few leftovers in here.
Still they’re worth saving just in case.
One thing I’m running low on are volume reducers.
I have some Rockshox ones left, and I’m fresh out of Fox.
If it has to do with securing cables, detailing, or keeping the little things in tip top shape,
it’s in this box.
This bin here is for hoarding parts.
It’s surprising how often I do need this stuff, but a lot of it will live in this box
for eternity.
When I finally do get a house with a garage, it’ll be nice to have spare parts for project
bikes.
These may be the cheapest pedals on the planet, and honestly I can’t remember why I got
them.
This is my old Bionicon C-guide, and a new chain guide that came with the P7.
Here’s a brake handle, a mechanical disc brake, and a disc.
This chainring is meant to be used on a two by, and I had bought it by mistake a few years
back.
This MRP bash ring would be great on a project bike, or maybe a street mountain bike.
Here are the BMX pegs that came with my SE every day.
I should just put them on the back of the Fat Ripper for passengers.
Two relatively unused lock on grips?
Not sure where they came from, but I’ll need them!
I even have seat posts, a seat, various seat collars, a bottle cage, a bottom bracket spacer,
qr skewers, a dropper post remote, chainring hardware, and a brand new 16 tooth freewheel.
Strung together with a zip tie are a whole bunch of cassette spacers and sprockets.
This bin used to have twice as much crap in it, but I cleaned it out recently and donated
a bunch of stuff.
It’ll be interesting to see what actually gets used in the future.
This next bin is for maintenance supplies.
I have a couple of tubes as backups, and some patch kits.
I keep tire sealant and oil in this bin as well.
This is a Sram and Avid bleed kit, which is sort of in the tool category.
Still the fluid is expendable so I keep it here.
For Shimano you can just use stuff around your kitchen and it’ll work fine.
So that’s a quick overview of my parts bin and supplies.
When I do get my garage I’ll store rolls of cable and housing, along with some others
goodies that I don’t have the space for.
I do want to show you guys one more thing which I’m keeping with my supplies.
As a YouTuber I get press kits from time to time, and this one from Slime really got my
attention.
It’s like a little tool box with samples of their new tubeless stuff.
I haven’t used any of it yet, but I’m impressed with the presentation.
Not only is there a bunch of sealant in a coozie, but there’s rim tape, valve stems,
a USB stick with images, and even a valve wrench.
The next time I mount some tires, we’ll try all this stuff out.
If it can plug holes without adding glitter then I’ll let you guys know.
Like I said, a garage is happening soon, but for now it’s this little closet and a storage
unit.
How about you guys?
I know a lot of you are hoarding bike parts in your sheds and basements.
Let me know what you’ve got laying around.
Thanks for riding with me today, and I’ll see you next time.